2024–25 Russian Premier League

The 2024–25 Russian Premier League (known as the Mir Russian Premier League, also written as Mir Russian Premier Liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 33rd season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 23rd under the current Russian Premier League name.

Russian Premier League

Season	2024–25
Dates	20 July 2024 – 24 May 2025
Matches played	88
Goals scored	229 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Maksim Glushenkov Aleksey Batrakov (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Zenit 5–0 Rostov 3 August 2024
Biggest away win	Akhmat 0–5 Lokomotiv 4 August 2024
Highest scoring	Akron 2–5 Krasnodar 21 September 2024
Longest winning run	8 matches Krasnodar
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Krasnodar
Longest winless run	11 matches Akhmat
Longest losing run	3 matches Krylia Sovetov Pari NN
Highest attendance	48,534 Zenit 0–0 Spartak 24 August 2024
Lowest attendance	1,029 Khimki 0–0 Orenburg 22 September 2024
Total attendance	1,056,244
Average attendance	12,003
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 6 October 2024.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams play in the 2024–25 season. After the 2023–24 season, Ural Yekaterinburg, Baltika Kaliningrad and Sochi were relegated to the 2024–25 Russian First League after eleven, one and five years respectively. They were replaced by Khimki return to top tier after one year absence, Dynamo Makhachkala and Akron Tolyatti play in top tier for the first time in history this season.

Venues

Zenit Saint Petersburg			Spartak Moscow			Rubin Kazan			Rostov
Krestovsky Stadium			Lukoil Arena			Ak Bars Arena			Rostov Arena
Capacity: 67,800			Capacity: 44,307			Capacity: 45,093			Capacity: 45,000
Dynamo Makhachkala			Fakel Krasnodar Orenburg Rostov Akhmat Zenit Dynamo Moscow Lokomotiv Spartak CSKA Khimki Krylia Sovetov Akron Pari Nizhny Novgorod Rubin Dynamo Makhachkala class=notpageimage| Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Russian Premier League Dynamo Lokomotiv Spartak CSKA Khimki class=notpageimage| Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Russian Premier League in Moscow						Krylia Sovetov Samara / Akron Tolyatti
Anzhi Arena									Solidarnost Arena
Capacity: 26,500									Capacity: 44,918
Krasnodar									Akhmat Grozny
Krasnodar Stadium									Akhmat-Arena
Capacity: 34,291									Capacity: 30,597
CSKA Moscow									Lokomotiv Moscow
VEB Arena									RZD Arena
Capacity: 30,457									Capacity: 27,320
Khimki									Pari Nizhny Novgorod
Arena Khimki									Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Capacity: 18,636									Capacity: 44,899
Fakel Voronezh				Dynamo Moscow				Orenburg
Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion				VTB Arena				Gazovik Stadium
Capacity: 31,793				Capacity: 26,319				Capacity: 10,046

Personnel and kits

Team	Location	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Akhmat	Grozny	Sergei Tashuyev	Rizvan Utsiyev	Joma	PARI
Akron	Tolyatti	Zaur Tedeyev	Konstantin Savichev	Jögel	Fonbet
CSKA	Moscow	Marko Nikolić	Igor Akinfeev	CSKA (self-branded)	Apotheka
Dynamo Makhachkala	Makhachkala	Khasanbi Bidzhiyev	Mutalip Alibekov	Joma	Magnit
Dynamo Moscow	Moscow	Marcel Lička	Fabián Balbuena	Puma	BetBoom
Fakel	Voronezh	Dmitri Pyatibratov	Irakli Kvekveskiri	Demix	EkoNiva
Khimki	Khimki	Franc Artiga	Khetag Khosonov	Puma
Krasnodar	Krasnodar	Murad Musayev	Eduard Spertsyan	Krasnodar (self-branded)	Winline
Krylia Sovetov	Samara	Igor Osinkin	Aleksandr Soldatenkov	Puma	Fonbet
Lokomotiv	Moscow	Mikhail Galaktionov	Dmitri Barinov	Lokomotiv (self-branded)	RZD
Orenburg	Orenburg	Vladimir Slišković	Andrei Malykh	Adidas	EcoGas
Pari	Nizhny Novgorod	Viktor Goncharenko	Kirill Gotsuk	Jako	PARI
Rostov	Rostov-on-Don	Valery Karpin	Danil Glebov	Puma	Fonbet; TNS energo; Samolet
Rubin	Kazan	Rashid Rakhimov	Igor Vujačić	Rubin (self-branded)	Kazan Orgsintez
Spartak	Moscow	Dejan Stanković	Roman Zobnin	Jögel	Lukoil
Zenit	Saint Petersburg	Sergei Semak	Douglas Santos	Kelme	Gazprom

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Spartak Moscow	Vladimir Slišković (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	16 May 2024	Pre-season	Dejan Stanković	16 May 2024
CSKA Moscow	Vladimir Fedotov	Sacked	3 June 2024		Marko Nikolić	6 June 2024
Khimki	Andrey Talalayev	Sacked	20 June 2024		Franc Artiga	28 June 2024
Fakel Voronezh	Igor Cherevchenko	Mutual consent	12 August 2024	16th	Dmitri Pyatibratov	13 August 2024
Akhmat Grozny	Magomed Adiyev	Mutual consent	1 September 2024	15th	Sergei Tashuyev	3 September 2024
Orenburg	David Deogracia	Sacked	3 October 2024	14th	Ilshat Aitkulov (caretaker)	3 October 2024
Pari	Saša Ilić	Mutual consent	5 October 2024	11th	Viktor Goncharenko	9 October 2024
Orenburg	Ilshat Aitkulov (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	7 October 2024	15th	Vladimir Slišković	7 October 2024

Tournament format and regulations

The 16 teams play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 240 matches with each team playing 30.

The season started on 21 July. The last games before the winter break were played on 10 December; the spring part of the season began on 1 March and the last games will be played on 25 May.

Promotion and relegation

For the purpose of determining First League positions for the following considerations, the teams that do not pass 2025–26 RPL licensing or drop out of 2025–26 season for any other reason, or the second teams of RPL clubs, or the teams that finished lower than 6th place in First League standings will not be considered. For example, if the teams that finished 1st, 3rd and 4th in the First League standings failed licensing, the team that finished 2nd would be considered the 1st-placed team, the team that finished 5th will be considered the 2nd-placed team, and the team that finished 6th will be considered the 3rd-placed team. There would be no designated 4th-placed team in this scenario.

The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the 2025–26 First League, while the top two in that league will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2025–26 season.

The 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd 2024–25 First League teams respectively in two (home-and-away) playoff games, with penalty shootout in effect if necessary. The winners will secure Premier League spots for the 2025–26 season. If both of the teams that finish RPL in 13th and 14th place fail licensing for the 2025–26 season or drop out for any other reason, play-offs will not be held, and the 3rd and 4th First League teams will be promoted automatically. If one of the teams that place 13th and 14th in the Premier League fails licensing for 2025–26 season or drops out for other reasons, 3rd First League team will be promoted automatically and the 13th or 14th-placed team that passes licensing will play 4th First League team in playoffs, with the winners securing the Premier League spot. If only one First League team is eligible for the play-offs (as in the example scenario above), that team will play the 14th-placed RPL team in playoffs, with the winners securing the Premier League spot, and the 13th RPL team will remain in the league. If none of the First League teams are eligible for the play-offs, they will not be held and 13th and 14th-placed RPL teams will remain in the league. If any of the teams are unable to participate in the season after the play-offs have been concluded, or there are not enough teams that pass licensing to follow the above procedures, the replacement will be chosen by the Russian Football Union in consultation with RPL and FNL.

Exclusion from the league

Any team can be excluded from the Premier League during the season for the following reasons: a) using counterfeit documents or providing inaccurate information to the league; b) not arriving to the game on more than one occasion; c) match fixing. Such a team is automatically relegated and is not replaced during the season, and only one additional team (that gains the least amount of points at the end of the season) is directly relegated. If the excluded team had played fewer than 15 games at the time of exclusion, all its results would be annulled and would not count for the standings. If the excluded team had played at least 15 games at the time of exclusion, all their remaining opponents would be awarded a victory without effect on their goal difference.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Krasnodar	11	8	3	0	22	5	+17	27
2	Lokomotiv Moscow	11	9	0	2	26	14	+12	27
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	11	8	2	1	23	4	+19	26
4	CSKA Moscow	11	6	2	3	21	7	+14	20
5	Dynamo Moscow	11	6	2	3	19	12	+7	20
6	Spartak Moscow	11	5	4	2	17	9	+8	19
7	Rubin Kazan	11	4	3	4	14	15	−1	15
8	Akron Tolyatti	11	3	3	5	16	20	−4	12
9	Rostov	11	3	3	5	13	20	−7	12
10	Krylia Sovetov Samara	11	3	2	6	9	15	−6	11
11	Dynamo Makhachkala	11	2	5	4	5	9	−4	11
12	Pari Nizhny Novgorod	11	3	2	6	11	21	−10	11
13	Khimki	11	1	5	5	9	20	−11	8	Qualification to relegation play-offs
14	Fakel Voronezh	11	1	4	6	5	18	−13	7
15	Orenburg	11	1	4	6	12	20	−8	7	Relegation to First League
16	Akhmat Grozny	11	0	6	5	7	20	−13	6

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2024. Source: Premier Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) 2023–24 position (not applicable to final standings); 10) Play-off. Note: if teams tied on points did not play an equal number of head-to-head games, head-to-head results are not considered for the standings.
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	AKH	AKR	CSK	DMA	DMO	FAK	KHI	KRA	KRY	LOK	ORE	PNN	ROS	RUB	SPA	ZEN
Akhmat Grozny	—	0–0					3–3	1–1	1–1	0–5
Akron Tolyatti		—			0–2		3–0	2–5				2–2		1–2
CSKA Moscow	3–0	4–0	—							0–1	5–1				a	0–1
Dynamo Makhachkala	1–0			—	0–1							0–1			1–1
Dynamo Moscow	4–2		1–2		—	3–1		0–1	1–0	3–1					a
Fakel Voronezh		0–2		1–1		—		0–0			1–0	0–0		0–0
Khimki			0–2	1–1			—				0–0				1–3	1–1
Krasnodar			2–1	0–0			4–0	—				2–1	2–0			2–0
Krylia Sovetov Samara				0–1		2–0	0–0		—			3–1	1–3			0–4
Lokomotiv Moscow		3–2		2–0				0–3	1–0	—			3–2		3–1
Orenburg	0–0	2–2			2–2					2–4	—	1–2			2–0
Pari Nizhny Novgorod			0–3				1–0			1–3		—		2–4		0–3
Rostov		0–2	0–0	0–0		4–1					3–2		—	1–1
Rubin Kazan	2–0		1–1	2–0			2–3		0–2					—		0–4
Spartak Moscow	0–0		a		2–2	3–0			3–0				3–0	1–0	—
Zenit Saint Petersburg					1–0	3–1					1–0		5–0		0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2024. Source: Russian Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Maksim Glushenkov	Zenit St. Petersburg	7
	Aleksey Batrakov	Lokomotiv Moscow
3	Jhon Córdoba	Krasnodar	6
	Manfred Ugalde	Spartak Moscow
	Mirlind Daku	Rubin Kazan
6	Tamerlan Musayev	CSKA Moscow	5
	Dmitry Vorobyov	Lokomotiv Moscow
	Eduard Spertsyan	Krasnodar
	Esequiel Barco	Spartak Moscow
10	Luciano Gondou	Zenit St. Petersburg	4
	Saeid Saharkhizan	Orenburg
	Ilya Samoshnikov	Lokomotiv Moscow
	Ronaldo	Rostov
	Igor Diveyev	CSKA Moscow
	Konstantin Tyukavin	Dynamo Moscow
	Mateo Cassierra	Zenit St. Petersburg
	Ivan Oblyakov	CSKA Moscow

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Maksim Glushenkov	Zenit St. Petersburg	Rostov	5–0 (H)	3 August 2024

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Yevgeni Latyshonok	Zenit St. Petersburg	8
2	Stanislav Agkatsev	Krasnodar	7
3	Aleksandr Maksimenko	Spartak Moscow	6
4	Igor Akinfeev	CSKA Moscow	5
5	Ilya Lantratov	Lokomotiv Moscow	4
	David Volk	Dynamo Makhachkala
7	Aleksandr Belenov	Fakel Voronezh	3
	Andrey Lunyov	Dynamo Moscow
	Nikita Medvedev	Pari Nizhny Novgorod
	Giorgi Sheliya	Akhmat Grozny
	Yevgeni Staver	Rubin Kazan
	Aleksandr Vasyutin	Akron Tolyatti

Notes

• Sergei Pesyakov and Ivan Lomayev each played a half in Krylia Sovetov's 2–0 win over Rubin Kazan on 13 September 2024.
• Aleksandr Vasyutin was substituted by Sergey Volkov in the second half of Akron's 2–0 win over Rostov on 28 September 2024.

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Manager of the Month		Goal of the Month		Ref.
	Player	Club	Manager	Club	Player	Club
July/August	Maksim Glushenkov	Zenit	Sergei Semak	Zenit	Maksim Glushenkov	Zenit
September	Aleksey Batrakov	Lokomotiv	Murad Musayev	Krasnodar	Konstantin Tyukavin	Dynamo Moscow

External links

• Official website
• https://www.championat.com/football/_russiapl.html